Donna reale a piedi tuoi
Opera details:
Opera title: | Roberto Devereux |
Composer: | Gaetano Donizetti |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Roberto Devereux Synopsis |
Libretto: | Roberto Devereux Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Recitative details:
Type: | recitative |
Role(s): | Roberto Devereux / Elisabetta |
Voice(s): | Tenor / Soprano |
Act: | 1.08 |
| Previous scene: | Ah! ritorna qual ti spero |
| Next scene: | Un tenero core |
Gaetano Donizetti - ROBERTO DEVEREUX - 'Donna reale, a' piedi tuoi' (Sills & Ilosfalvy)
Singer(s): Róbert Ilosfalvy Beverly SillsROBERTO DEVEREUX
Tragedia lirica in 3 atti
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)
Libretto: Salvadore Cammarano, after François Ancelot’s ‘Elisabeth d’Angleterre’ (1829) and Jacques Lescéne des Maisons’ ‘Historie secrète des amours d’Elisabeth et du comte d’Essex’ (1787)
First performance: Teatro San Carlo, Naples, 29 October 1837
SETTING: England
PLOT: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, returned from Ireland, is accused of treason. Both Elizabeth I and Sara, Duchess of Nottingham, love him. Elizabeth and the Duke of Nottingham discover that Essex and Sara love each other. Their jealousy leads to Devereux’s execution, and a distraught Elizabeth collapses.
No. 3 – Duetto: ‘Un tenero core mi rese felice’
Elizabeth tells Essex that she is ready to pardon him. He lets slip that he loves another, and the furious queen vows to destroy Essex and her rival.
Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra / Queen of England (soprano): Beverly Sills
Roberto Devereux, conte di Essex / Count of Essex (tenor): Róbert Ilosfalvy
Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London, 1969
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5 - Bernabé Martí
1 - Beverly Sills
5 - Róbert Ilosfalvy
1 - Edita Gruberová
5 - José Bros
1 - Nelly Miricioiu
1 - Katia Ricciarelli
2 - Dolora Zajick
5 - José Bros
1 - Leyla Gencer
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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
SCENA QUINTA
Roberto e detti.
Gran Scena e Duetto
ROBERTO
Donna reale, a' piedi tuoi...
ELISABETTA
Roberto! …
Conte, sorgi, Io impongo.
gli sguardi di Roberto errano in traccia di Sara; ella, piena di smarrimento, cerca evitarli.
Elisabetta a Cecil
Il voler mio
Noto in breve farò.
Signori, addio.
tutti si ritirano, tranne Roberto
In sembianza di reo
Tornasti dunque al mio cospetto!
E me tradire osavi?
E insidiar degli avi
A questo crine il serto?
ROBERTO
Il petto mio pieno di cicatrici,
Che il brando vi lasciò de' tuoi nemici,
Per me risponda.
ELISABETTA
Ma l'accusa? …
ROBERTO
E quale? …
Domata in campo la ribelle schiera,
Col vinto usai clemenza;
Ecco la colpa, onde al suo duce
Innalza un palco infame
D'Elisabetta il cenno!
ELISABETTA
Il cenno mio
Differì, sconoscente,
La tua sentenza;
Il cenno mio ti lascia
In libertade ancor.
Ma che favelli di palco?
A te giammai rigor di legge
Schiuder non può la tomba.
Quando chiamò la tromba i miei guerrieri
Ad espugnar le torri della superba Cadice,
Temesti che la rovina macchinar potesse
Di te lontano, atroce, invida rabbia:
accennando una gemma che Roberto ha in dito
Ti porsi questo anello
E ti parlai la parola dei re,
Che ad ogni evento
Offrirlo agli occhi miei,
Di tua salvezza pegno sarebbe...
Ah! col pensiero torno
A stagion più ridente!
Allora i giorni miei
Scorrean soavi al par d'una speranza! ……
Oh, giorni avventurati!
Oh, rimembranza!
English Libretto or Translation:
SCENE FIFTH
Roberto and sayings.
Gran Scena and Duetto
ROBERTO
Real woman, at your feet ...
ELIZABETH
Roberto! ...
Count, arise, I impose.
Roberto's looks wander in Sara's trail; she, full of bewilderment, tries to avoid them.
Elisabetta to Cecil
I want mine
I'll see in short I'll do it.
Gentlemen, goodbye.
all retire, except Roberto
In the guise of a criminal
So you came back to my presence!
And me betray dared?
And insidiar of the ancestors
To this hair the serto?
ROBERTO
My chest full of scars,
That the brando left you your enemies,
For me answer.
ELIZABETH
But the accusation? ...
ROBERTO
And which? ...
The rebel army ranks in the field,
With the won you use clemency;
Here is the fault, to its leader
Raise an infamous stage
D'Elisabetta the nod!
ELIZABETH
He differed, unsuspecting,
My sign leaves you
What kind of stage favors?
Schiuder can not have the grave.
To conquer the towers of the superb Cadiz,
Of you far, atrocious, you envy anger:
You give yourself this ring
What to every event
Of your salvation pledge would be ...
At the happiest season!
Scorrean soave to the par of a hope! ......
Oh, remembrance!
It made me happy,
What lip does not say ...
Life seemed to me ...
That cor has disappeared!
ELIZABETH
He differed, unsuspecting,
My sign leaves you
What kind of stage favors?
Schiuder can not have the grave.
To conquer the towers of the superb Cadiz,
Of you far, atrocious, you envy anger:
You give yourself this ring
What to every event
Of your salvation pledge would be ...
At the happiest season!
Scorrean soave to the par of a hope! ......
Oh, remembrance!
External links for Donna reale a piedi tuoi
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